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Flame And Citron (2009) Certificate 15

Flame And Citron
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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(71%)
 
Starring: Thure Lindhardt | Mads Mikkelsen | Stine Stengade | Peter Mygind | Christian Berkel | Hanns Zischler | Mille Lehfeldt | Claus Riis Østergaard | Flemming Enevold | Lars Mikkelsen | Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt | Claus Riis Ostergaard | Jesper Christensen
Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Studio: METRODOME
Run time: 130 mins
Genres: Drama | Thriller | World Cinema
Languages: Danish, German
Subtitles: English
Released: June 29, 2009

Copenhagen 1944. While the Danish population hopes for a swift end to the war, freedom fighters Bent Faurschou Hviid (aka: Flame) and Jorgen Haagen Schmith (aka: Citron), secretly put their lives at stake fighting for the Holger Danske resistance group. Based on actual events and eye-witness acounts, Flame And Citron tells the story of their struggle for justice and freedom.

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21 out of 21 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Realistically grim

Jazzman from , 1st July, 2009

Well made, expensive production about underground Danish fighters doing their best to oppose the German occupation. Who does what, to who & why gets a bit confusing - for all the brave effort little seems to be achieved. Very watchable as based on a true story. The Gestapo Head Hoffmann did exist - but did he survive the war?. That's another story!

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7 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
excellent thriller

Martin77 from , 12th July, 2009


A very well made WW2 thriller based on the true life escapades of the Danish resistance. Acting and direction was excellent and it looks like a polished Hollywood production. I really enjoyed this movie

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Wonderful

A Customer from North Shields, 15th July, 2009

This film brings to life the distressing decisions the underground had to make in an effort to win the war and push Natzism out of a nations borders. I found the lead performances very moving and a fitting memorial to those who lost their lives defending our freedoms.

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5.0 stars
Flame and Citron

Dungbeetle from , 3rd September, 2009

A credible film noire complete with femme fatale. A Danish film with subtitles which relates the true story of two assassins in the Danish Resistance during WW2. One is a cold blooded killer and the other a fanatical hater of the invaders of his country. Viewers may recognise one as the main villain from the Bond film Casino Royale. This is one of the most effective portrayals of the quagmire such people exist in. Who do you believe or trust. What motives does each person have. Is the person you are next to friend or foe. The film does not shun from the fact that innocent as well as guilty people were executed which brings home the dilemma the fighters are in. The director explained that many committed suicide after the war, but ironically some of their worst opponents survived with Allied help.. If you liked Sophie Scholl you will like this film. Highly recommended for the thoughtful.

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Rated 5.0 stars
Watch it!

Maxiku from , 17th March, 2010

Very well made movie about the two Danish resistance fighters in later part of WW2. Acting is excellent throughout, the storyline is gripping and the production quality is excellent. I loved it! NB: Has English Subtitles.

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Rated 3.0 stars
Powerful

mikey1 from , 23rd February, 2010

There have been quite a few films on resistance in Nazi occupied europe and this is another solid, enjoyable account that is based on a true story, a number of good twists and turns all the way through.

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Rated 3.0 stars
distinctly overlong

A Customer from Blandford Forum, 14th January, 2010

Distinctly overlong - slow moving despite the action. Not sure whether it was worth persevering until the end and some of the sequences were rather perplexing: the ease with which the protagonists flitted from wartime occupied Denmark to neutral Stockholm, the ambiguous approach to the head of the Gestapo etc. Not highly recommended.

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Rated 4.0 stars
great

scorpion from , 26th December, 2009

good story line great film a must

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